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Craig Campbell and Deochand Singh claim titles
Lewis/Lopes scores upset win in Men’s Doubles
The Pegasus Tennis Open continued with an action packed weekend as matches were played in the Junior, Novice and Senior categories.
Highlights were wins in the Boys 14 category where Craig Campbell overcame the more experienced Judah Stephney in a closely matched final 7-6, 6-4 to claim the title while the Novice Category was won by left-hander Deochand Singh of Diamond from the newly formed Diamond Tennis Club.
Singh defeated Dilip Kumar in the final (7-4) (7-2) in two straight tie-break games. On his route to the finals Singh defeated Anthony Sookram in a close encounter 9-7, 5-7, 7-4 and Vine Aaron easily 7-1, 7-4 in the quarter-finals before edging past left-hander Ryan Cumberbatch 7-4, 6-8, 7-3 in the semifinals.
Gavin Lewis and Daniel Lopes
Kumar’s path to the finals included wins over Ricky Jamuna of Diamond 7-5, 7-5 and Aubrey Dewar 7-2, 7-3 in the early rounds then in the semifinal he defeated Afraz Mohamed of Diamond in a tense battle 10-8, 9-7.
In the senior categories there were many closely contested matches. Top junior pair Daniel Lopes/Gavin Lewis was able to advance to the semifinals when they edged out Sandeep Chand/Andre Lopes in a keenly contested match. The junior pair came out firing and hit several winners in the first set with the younger Lopes especially serving well. After losing the first set 6-4, Chand/Lopes raced off to a 5-1 lead as they continually attacked the net. The set ended 6-3 and forced the super tiebreak decider. Chand/Lopes seemed to be on course for victory when up 7-4 before a combination of good play and unforced errors allowed Lopes/Lewis to storm back and take the set 10-8.
In the other Men’s Doubles match, Leyland Leacock/Gilbert Barckoy edged past the talented and big serving pair of Ronald Murray/Nicholas Fenty 7-6 (10-8) in the first set before rolling to a 6-2 second set win to advance to the semifinals.
An exciting encounter in the Men’s 35 Doubles followed as Berbician pair Anthony Ameerally/Mario Niamatali was able to claw back after losing the first set 5-7 to win their match against Harry Panday/Wayne Alphonso by taking the second set 6- 2 and then the super tie-break 10-4. Both pairs played well with the Berbicians superiority at the net being the difference.
In the Ladies Doubles, junior pair Krystal Sukra/Nicola Ramdyhan was able to get past the Berbician pair of Carol Humphrey/Tanya Niamatali 6-3, 6-4 in a match which included many lengthy rallies.
Sukra will face off against Ramdyhan later in the Girls 18 final, while in Boys under 18, the final will be played between Khalif Gobin and Seanden David-Longe after Gobin def Benedict Sukra and Longe got past Craig Campbell 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) in the semifinals.
Results – DAY 5 (Saturday 12th Nov)
Ladies Doubles Krystal Sukra/Nicola Ramdyhan def Carol Humphrey/Tanya Niamatali 6-3 6-4
Men’s Doubles Gavin Lewis/Daniel Lopes def Andre Lopes/Sandeep Chand 6-4 3-6 10-8
Men’s Doubles Leyland Leacock/Gilbert Barckoy def Ronald Murray/Nicholas Fenty 7-6 (10-8) 6-2
Men’s Over 35 Doubles Anthony Ameerally/Mario Niamatali def Harry Panday/Wayne Alphonso 5-7 6-2 (10-4)
Men’s Doubles Phillip Squires/Godfrey Lowden def Kris Jugdeo/Viraj Jugdeo by W/O
Novices
Deochand Singh def Anthony Sookram 9-7 6-8 7-3
Robert Bostwick def Iqbal Mohamed 7-4 7-3
Ryan Cumberbatch def Clive Rodney & Robert Bostwick
Dilip Kumar def Haynauth Jamuna 7-5 7-5
Aubrey Dewar def Dimitri Gabriel w/o
Afraz Mohamed def Dillon Caesar 9-7 7-2
Dilip Kumar def Aubrey Dewar 7-2 7-4
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